New York Yankees Gameday Thread

[jacksonianmarch]

The Yankees next seven games:

 

3 @BAL

4 vs. TB

 

The Red Sox next six games:

 

3 vs. TOR

3 vs. BAL

 

After that they play three at NYS, 9/24-9/26.

 

With the way both teams are playing, what do you expect the margin to be when that series begins?

 

7 games. We could very well have swept Tampa and we've played without 2 of our best players.

[boston22407]

7 games. We could very well have swept Tampa and we've played without 2 of our best players.

 

who lol?

Last time i checked redsox have missed 3 top guys

[a700hitter]

Based on what? They've owned Toronto this year to the tune of an 11-4 record against them while having a similarly incomplete club for most of those wins.

This team has consistently spit the bit against teams they should beat. Replace Toronto in my post with Baltimore, or KC. Teams we should roll over we find a way to lose to them. That's the 2010 Sox. If they had taken care of business against the Orioles, KC, and Cleveland and won 70% of those games instead of being 16-14, they would be in this race. Injuries was no excuse for not beating that garbage. That is a big part of the 2010 Red Sox story

[Yaz Sideburn]

the beauty of baseball is that no one knows what will happen, that's why we watch. i can easily envision the red sox losing 2 out of 3 to both toronto and balitmore and being 8 games back of the yankees when we face them. but with the way the yankees are playing they could easily go 3-4 against baltimore and the rays and we could be within 3.5 games of them when we play them

[a700hitter]

the beauty of baseball is that no one knows what will happen' date=' that's why we watch. i can easily envision the red sox losing 2 out of 3 to both toronto and balitmore and being 8 games back of the yankees when we face them. but with the way the yankees are playing they could easily go 3-4 against baltimore and the rays and we could be within 3.5 games of them when we play them[/quote']:DI love baseball, but there has been almost nothing beautiful about this season.

[italstallianion]

I wonder if Jeter will get an academy award for his "I'm dying" performance last night.

[Yaz Sideburn]

:DI love baseball' date=' but there has been almost nothing beautiful about this season.[/quote']

 

it's not the best season we've ever had but it's had it's moments. this is a heck of a lot more fun than 2001 or 2006 was

[italstallianion]

it's not the best season we've ever had but it's had it's moments. this is a heck of a lot more fun than 2001 or 2006 was

 

 

 

The end of those seasons were good though. Two entertaining World Series with the Yankees failing to win the final battle.

[Yaz Sideburn]

The end of those seasons were good though. Two entertaining World Series with the Yankees failing to win the final battle.

 

in 2006 the st. louis cardinals beat the tigers 4 games to 1

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

7 games. We could very well have swept Tampa and we've played without 2 of our best players.

 

Who will that be? Your not sweeping Tampa either so good luck with that.

[VA Sox Fan]

I wonder if Jeter will get an academy award for his "I'm dying" performance last night.

 

Seriously. It really would have sucked if the Rays had lost. Another blown call by the umps.

[italstallianion]

in 2006 the st. louis cardinals beat the tigers 4 games to 1

 

 

My bad, for some reason I thought you said 2001 and 2003. I'll try to lay off of the cough syrup.

[italstallianion]

Seriously. It really would have sucked if the Rays had lost. Another blown call by the umps.

 

 

I agree. I expected more from Jeter. This would be something that A-rod would do. Jeter was one of those players that I held to a higher standard than that, and as such, I'm disappointed in him. I'd love to bench him to send a message, but I have a feeling that in the next AB when he leaves the game and goes on the DL for an emergency surgery to remove a baseball from his ribcage that he'll get the hint.

 

I just hope that he doesn't give inspiration to little leaguers nationwide that cheating is acceptable.

[a700hitter]

VMart pretended to have fouled a ball off his foot in a Nationally televised game against the Rays recently. On the next pitch he got a hit. The announcers laughed about it. Players have been doing it for years. To me it is no different than trying to sell a catch on a ball that you know you trapped or a tag that you know you didn't make. There's an old saying in baseball: "If you ain't cheatin, you ain't trying." Stealing a call is part of the game.

 

Here's an old story for you. In either 1969 or '70, Yaz hit a ball in the old Yankee Stadium to RF where the wall was low. Ron Woods ran back for the ball and jumped for it. The ball went into his glove and then he tumbled into the seats of an empty section. Their attendance used to be really bad. He knocked himself unconscious. Bobby Murcer ran over from CF to check on him. He was out cold and the ball was on the ground a few feet away. Yaz had already rounded the bases and was in the dugout. Murcer picked up the ball and put it in Woods' glove. When the ump came out and saw the ball in the glove, he called Yaz out. He was steamed.

[Divinity]

Yankees have 16 games left to play, I think they will win 9; lose 7

[Yaz Sideburn]

VMart pretended to have fouled a ball off his foot in a Nationally televised game against the Rays recently. On the next pitch he got a hit. The announcers laughed about it. Players have been doing it for years. To me it is no different than trying to sell a catch on a ball that you know you trapped or a tag that you know you didn't make. There's an old saying in baseball: "If you ain't cheatin, you ain't trying." Stealing a call is part of the game.

 

Here's an old story for you. In either 1969 or '70, Yaz hit a ball in the old Yankee Stadium to RF where the wall was low. Ron Woods ran back for the ball and jumped for it. The ball went into his glove and then he tumbled into the seats of an empty section. Their attendance used to be really bad. He knocked himself unconscious. Bobby Murcer ran over from CF to check on him. He was out cold and the ball was on the ground a few feet away. Yaz had already rounded the bases and was in the dugout. Murcer picked up the ball and put it in Woods' glove. When the ump came out and saw the ball in the glove, he called Yaz out. He was steamed.

 

i agree with everything you've said and i've always liked that story. murcer moved the glove as well, which had fallen completely off woods' hand

[jacksonianmarch]

You take everything you can get. It's part of the game. Those who denounce it are the same ones who would applaud it if it happened to their team. Hypocrites

[Keeper]

What Jeter did is really no different from catchers framing pitches that are out of the strike zone. Nothing wrong with a little acting to help your cause. How many basketball players have flopped to try to draw a foul? It's a veteran move, and Jeter is a veteran.

[ORS]

You take everything you can get. It's part of the game. Those who denounce it are the same ones who would applaud it if it happened to their team. Hypocrites

Assumption. You don't know how people who are denouncing it would react if it happened for their team until it does and they react.

[jacksonianmarch]

That's garbage ORS, and u know it.

[YAZMAN]

You take everything you can get. It's part of the game. Those who denounce it are the same ones who would applaud it if it happened to their team. Hypocrites

 

Agree, that was a textbook move for anyone who has ever played the game at a reasonably competitive level.

 

If there's any blame to be laid, it should be on the ump who fell for it. GET BETTER!

[Yaz Sideburn]

That's garbage ORS' date=' and u know it.[/quote']

 

jm, i don't get what your problem is. pretty much every red sox fan here has said it was a smart move so get off your high horse. you're preaching to the choir

[ORS]

That's garbage ORS' date=' and u know it.[/quote']

No, I don't know it. That's a fact. Someone is not a hypocrite if they come down on one side of an issue. They are a hypcrite if, and only if, they come down on both sides of an issue.

 

Why are you pushing back here? You made a blanket statement that was a gross generalization filled with assumption.

 

You said "those who denounce it" which is an "all" statment, meaning everyone, and then proceded to assign one common response to everyone when the coin was flipped. That's self-serving BS.

[yankees228]

Millwood did not look sharp in the first, yet the Yankees go down 1-2-3 with zero hard hit balls.

[jacksonianmarch]

Gardner comes in and hits 8th? Cmon now, he's solid out of the leadoff spot, put him there

[yankees228]

That is what they should be doing with Millwood's pitches so far tonight. Hope they can keep it going.

[jacksonianmarch]

Kearns continues his strikeout barrage

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Your last encounter with the O's wasn't to pleasing. They almost ended up sweeping you. I'm hoping they have what it takes to do it this time. They swept the Jays last series.

[yankees228]

Kearns continues his strikeout barrage

 

Might as well just play Golson at this point. He might make contact...

[yankees228]

So now Cervelli has to hit because AJ needs a personal catcher. Wonderful!